Etymology

palinopsia

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Today it means: A visual disturbance that causes images to persist to some extent even after their corresponding stimulus has left. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πάλιν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάλιν“again”
  2. English todaypalinopsia

From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + -opsia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπάλιν all →

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